scotland shapers confession and liturgy

the church of scotland's report church without walls identifies five shapers for the life of the church. these are: spirituality of grace, the gospels, locality, friendship, and the gifts of the spirit. i wrote this confession and liturgy around those shapers (inspired by grace's ethos confession and doors liturgy) which i used in the worship session i led at the national gathering. i am making this worship trick 32 in series 3

Confession

When we have acted out of judgement rather than grace
Lord have mercy
Lord have mercy

When we have forgotten your story and been shaped by the story of the Western Dream of the good life
Christ have mercy
Christ have mercy

When church has taken all our energy and we've not had time to get stuck into our locality
Lord have mercy
Lord have mercy

When all our friends have become Christians and we haven't made new friendships
Christ have mercy
Christ have mercy

When we have acted in our own strength and forgotten the gifts of your Spirit
Lord have mercy
Lord have mercy

But when we are filled with grace,
live out the gospel
in our locality
make good friends
and share the gifts of the Spirit
then God rejoices with us 

Almighty God who forgives all who who truly repent
have mercy on us
pardon and deliver us from our sins
and keep us in life eternal
through Jesus Christ our Lord
Amen

Shape Our Lives Liturgy

Shape our lives with generosity and gift
Help us love without judging and with no strings attached
We will enter the Kingdom through the door marked 'grace'

Your life, death and resurrection are good news
Let your story shape our story and imagination
We will enter the Kingdom through the door marked 'gospels'

You became flesh and moved into the neighbourhood
Shape our lives with vision that can be lived close at hand and not far away
We will enter the Kingdom through the door marked 'local'

You have called us friends
Shape us into faithful and kind friends for others
We will enter the Kingdom through the door marked 'friendship'

We will do through these doors in the power of the Spirit,
sharing in the gifts of the Spirit
knowing that Jesus has gone through them first.
Amen